Tactusina

Tactusina
Fustius sterlingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Micronoctuini
Subtribe:	Tactusina Fibiger, 2010
Synonyms
Tactusinae Fibiger, 2010

The Tactusina are a subtribe of moths of the family Erebidae. The clade was described by Michael Fibiger in 2010.

Taxonomy

The subtribe was originally described as the subfamily Tactusinae of the family Micronoctuidae.

Clades (former tribes) and genera

• Tactusa clade
  • Tactusa Fibiger, 2010
  • Conspica Fibiger, 2010
  • Tumula Fibiger, 2010
  • Dignius Fibiger, 2011
  • Vas Fibiger, 2010
  • Nilgerides Fibiger, 2010
  • Fustius Fibiger, 2011
  • Bruma Fibiger, 2010
  • Costasensora Fibiger, 2010
  • Longiantrum Fibiger, 2010
• Obscurior clade
  • Abes Fibiger, 2010
  • Asyprocessa Fibiger, 2010
  • Tantulius Fibiger, 2010
  • Asylemissa Fibiger, 2010
  • Clarior Fibiger, 2010
  • Obscurior Fibiger, 2011
  • Editum Fibiger, 2010
  • Asytegumen Fibiger, 2010
  • Dextella Fibiger, 2011
  • Paradoxica Fibiger, 2011
  • Dorsum Fibiger, 2011

References

• Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119.
• Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.